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Bridge Street, Belper, DE56 1AX
Good
Overall rating from 86 reviews

Guest reviews of the Lion Hotel

Good
Colin from London, GB (Young couple) 02 January 2009

No overall comment. (107784675)

Good
Anonymous (Family with young children) 17 December 2008

Good price (107226680)

negative comments Noise - boiler and parties and smoking area outside windows
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 08 December 2008

The hotel and staff are very nice. The location of the hotel in the middle of the town, is quite bad and extremely noisy.Hotel car park open to vandalism. (107712696)

positive comments The Hotel was very nice. Bedroom was excellent with lovely clean modern bed linen. The staff were very helpful and pleasant. The breakfast was very good, lots of choice and hot.
negative comments The hotels car park was a meeting point for the local rowdy youths, who were shouting and making a lot of noise. Our cars were not safe and we asked to move them in to the staff car park. A fight broke out just under our bedroom window, the police and ambulance were called. Our bathroom had no towel rail or toilet roll holder.
Good
Stephen from Rochdale, GB (Solo business traveller) 05 December 2008

Very good (107722382)

positive comments clean, and nice rooms. Friendly staff
negative comments TV not working
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 18 November 2008

No overall comment. (107628046)

negative comments For a luxury room, there was no fixed shower - only a hand held over the bath shower, which had absolutely no power to it. There were 2 advertised channels not working on tv in room. It was a first floor room & the window overlooked a busy petrol station - net curtains would have been advisable. Even without heating on, it was warm in the room, but it was too noisy to open the window.
Good
Anonymous (Young couple) 04 November 2008

We had a lovely relaxing weekend. Despite our room being above a 'function' room. (107880462)

positive comments Hotel was clean and comfortable
negative comments I booked the Romantic Getaway. My advertised bottle on Moet turned out to be sparkling wine, which I found very disappointing. I also had to ask for the strawberries and fruit and a second set of towels as these had not been provided.
Good
Peter from Witham, GB (Mature couple) 29 October 2008

Nice time all round (107134013)

Excellent
Howard from Banstead, GB (Solo business traveller) 26 October 2008

Well worth a return visit. (107397857)

positive comments Food; service; value for money - and broadband wi-fi availability a lesson for bigger hotels.
Excellent
Kevan from Leicester, GB (Young couple) 14 October 2008

Very pleasant. (107660280)

positive comments Excellent room. Wine nicely chilled in bucket on arrival. Staff very friendly, small enough for personal service. Quick check-in and out.
negative comments Service in restaurant could have been better. Dessert ordered but never brought out! Breakfast was good though
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 09 October 2008

Brilliant - loved the area (107368143)

positive comments Good value - food excellent
negative comments TV - bad reception in room
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 25 September 2008

good value for money (107177063)

positive comments V.good service and room excellent
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 16 September 2008

excellent (107202521)

positive comments This was a very good hotel
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 08 September 2008

Satisfied with the hotel, good value for money and will re-book in the future. (107154080)

positive comments Excellent restaurant and friendly staff, location easy to find and room was spacious. Clean and newly re-furbished facilities, friendly reception.
negative comments The bathroom smelt of chips/greese- I suppose the bathroom shared the same extractor fan as the kitchen, the smell didn't creep into the room more contained in the bathroom.
Good
Anonymous (Young couple) 02 September 2008

Everyone was polite and helpful. (97445376)

positive comments Very clean and tidy room. The young girl serving our break fast in the courtyard was very polite, happy and willing to help.
negative comments Loud of fan unit next to our window kept us awake for the two nights of our stay. Unfortunately the shower box was tiny and made showering uncomfortable. In such a nice big bathroom this was a silly design mistake. The courtyard ground was filthy with fags and chips and unswept on both mornings when we had breakfast.
Excellent
paula from llantwit major, GB (Same sex couple) 06 August 2008

well relaxed (108023559)

positive comments friendly, helpful, clean and well appointed
negative comments a bit noisy and bed a bit hard
Excellent
Roseanne from Northants, GB (Mature couple) 30 July 2008

Very good and very pleasant (108037342)

positive comments Staff at front desk where very helpful and understanding of complications and sorted everything out with professional ease.
Excellent
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 15 July 2008

excellent (108098831)

positive comments nice breakfast, good bed, friendly staff, free parking, flatscreen tv with satellite, nice location
Excellent
richard from derby, GB (Young couple) 08 July 2008

would stay there again and recommand it. (108071914)

positive comments excellent service, great room and breakfast.
Good
Dave from melton mowbray, GB (Mature couple) 29 May 2008

No overall comment. (97989699)

positive comments clean tidy and relaxing
negative comments tv reception was terrible only one channel was watchable
Average
Anonymous (Other) 27 May 2008

No overall comment. (97883254)

positive comments Central location
negative comments The overall feel of the room was 'tired' - poor lighting. The shower had black mould around the sealant. If you are unfortunate to get a room by one of the 'house' music loud-speakers, you could be in for a noisy time
Excellent
Anonymous (Young couple) 13 May 2008

No overall comment. (97123152)

positive comments Friendly staff, clean and good location
Excellent
Anthony from Tonbridge, GB (Mature couple) 06 May 2008

Overall the hotel provided good value for money with a friendly and attentive staff although it was clear that one or two were new and could benefit from more training especially in the bar area although this may be because they were temporary staff helping during the beer festival. The reception area dealt well with both arrival and departure. If in the area we would stay again. (97642039)

positive comments The room had recently been refurbished and provide clean and comfortable accomodation.
Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 08 April 2008

The Hotel was easy to find easy to park our car.nothing was out of place. I booked the stay on the internet which gave me enough infomation to book our stay. Thank you (97473984)

positive comments The spiral staircase leading to our four poster bedroom
negative comments Nothing, everything was perfect
Poor
rupert from oldham, GB (Mature couple) 01 April 2008

No overall comment. (97998957)

Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 28 March 2008

No overall comment. (97793310)

Excellent
norman from basildon, GB (Mature couple) 18 March 2008

Great online find superb food and great value (97727354)

positive comments It was very good value and an easy to find hotel
negative comments nothing
Excellent
paula from llantwit major, GB (Mature couple) 20 February 2008

No overall comment. (97153391)

positive comments comfortable bed
negative comments nothing really
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 13 February 2008

No overall comment. (97791332)

Good
Leslie Christopher from Richmond, GB (Group of work colleagues) 16 January 2008

No overall comment. (97363914)

Average
Patrick from Montigny les Cormeilles, FR (Solo business traveller) 11 December 2007

Very expensive by comparison with other hotels. Room not for working (impossible to put chair in front of desk) (97522620)

negative comments Room too small. Not enough place for working. Hotel very noisy (mainly night 5th to 6th)
Good
Anonymous (Mature couple) 10 December 2007

Helpful and friendly staff, spacious room and good food; value for money accomodation. (97759790)

Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 02 November 2007

No overall comment. (97687086)

positive comments Friendly staff
Good
Anonymous (Group of work colleagues) 09 October 2007

No overall comment. (97139224)

Excellent
Anonymous (Mature couple) 03 October 2007

A pleasant stay. No real problems. Would happily use the hotel again. (97525297)

positive comments The staff were helpful and pleasant. The public rooms and the bedroom were clean and of adequate size. The breakfast was good. Secure car park.
negative comments Plastic sheet on the bed. Lights in bedroom fused, but quickly put right.
Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 24 July 2007

No overall comment. (97278413)

positive comments Room size and nice and clean.
negative comments The excessive temperature of the room - it was extremely hot with no ventilation and no air conditioning !
Good
Anthony from Tunbridge Wells, GB (Mature couple) 28 June 2007

No overall comment. (99323606)

positive comments Clean, fresh.
negative comments Noise from cooling system late at night. (From Courtyard) Poor reception from TV.
Average
Anonymous (Mature couple) 27 June 2007

No overall comment. (99399227)

positive comments The location and the comfort and cleanliness of the hotel
negative comments Restaurant at night poorly staffed and breakfast very disappointing.
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 25 May 2007

As like many hotels they are not up to speed with the DDA as a disabled person and an access auditor it is a gripe I have with many establishments this I am sure is propably through ignorance of the law and not intentional. (99942683)

positive comments The staff were very pleasant and the food was really good.
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 22 May 2007

No overall comment. (99837231)

Excellent
Anonymous (Other) 19 May 2007

The hotel was really comfortable, the staff were extremely helpful, it would be difficult to crtiscise anything regarding our stay. (99494713)

positive comments The care and assistance from the staff and level of service
Good
Rob from CAERPHILLY, GB (Family with older children) 09 May 2007

No overall comment. (99377577)

negative comments Room was small, and bathroom was tiny.
Excellent
c from Llanelli, GB (Mature couple) 08 May 2007

I was a little disappointed to discover on arrival that the restaurant was closed for a private function but reception were very helpful in finding us a local Italian restaurant that was excellent. Perhaps communication on this at the time of booking could have been better. (99333057)

positive comments The staff ere very friendly and helpful and the room was excellent. I was a little disappointed to discover on arrival that the restaurant was closed for a private function but reception were very helpful in finding us a local Italian restaurant that was excellent.
negative comments Nothing, it was clean, well equipped and the room faultless.
Good
Anonymous (Solo leisure traveller) 03 May 2007

The accommodation (in a refurbished room) met my expectations and requirements, and the information provided before I booked was helpful and informative. The staff are one of the hotel's strongest points - friendly and helpful. (99326212)

positive comments The room itself was excellent, and met my requirements, especially for a quiet room (except for noisy neighbours at 0400!).
negative comments The shower was inadequate - poor flow. Breakfast was disappointing, although when I asked for a roll (rather than toast) it was provided immediately. The integrated bar/breakfast room was a bit off-putting.
Poor
Anonymous (Mature couple) 13 March 2007

i have discussed this issue with the manager whom resolved the issue at hand and did not charge us for the breakfasts - but i will never use this hotel again (99758524)

positive comments the room was lovely - this was booked for my parents as a present and i was extremely dissapointed
negative comments the breakfast was disgraceful the service was shocking and the man who served us appeared to be hungover - disgusting!
Good
Andrea from London, United Kingdom;GB (Solo business traveller) 27 February 2007

No overall comment. (99940038)

positive comments I liked the fact that I was able to log on to the internet from my room. The hotel was central and the restaurant was fine - important to be able to eat in the hotel if you are a woman travelling alone for work.
Excellent
Brian from Nailsea, United Kingdom;GB (Mature couple) 23 February 2007

No overall comment. (99826575)

positive comments Nice decor, comfortable bed
negative comments Nothing
Good
William from London, United Kingdom;GB (Young couple) 21 February 2007

Apart from the smell of the kitchen, the hotel was great. Staff were friendly and it was quiet and in a good location. Food from the restuarant was excellent, by far the best bit of the hotel. The room and the food combined were priced very low so this hotel provides great value for money. (99473791)

positive comments Great bed, room and location of hotel
negative comments Room was above kitchen so all we could smell was cooking food 24 hours a day
Good
Anonymous (Solo business traveller) 02 February 2007

For the price it was good value, if the shower could be sorted and the noise levels reduced it would be excellent value (99208146)

positive comments Centrally located, easy to find, parking available
negative comments Shower had low pressure, very noisy equipment in the courtyard, kept waking me up through the night
Good
Anonymous (Other) 13 December 2006

No overall comment. (99481600)

Good
Sarah from Strokestown, Ireland;IE (Family with young children) 01 August 2006

It would have been nice to have been asked upon arrival, if we would prefer breakfast in our bedroom, as getting to the restaurant for breakfast before 9.30 after the wedding was a bit strenuous. (3304852209)

Average
peter from coventry, United Kingdom;GB (Group of adult friends) 26 July 2006

No overall comment. (3304866498)

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